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Armed intruders have broken in to the offices of an El Salvador civil war
missing children’s agency, stealing computers and setting fire to the
group’s archives.

The three men doused files with petrol at the Asociación Pro-Búsqueda after
holding two security guards at gunpoint, the bureau said.

While authorities provided no motive for the attack, Pro-Búsqueda said this
year that it had documented at least a dozen cases of children stolen by
members the military during the 1980-92 war between the Salvadoran
Government and leftist guerrillas.

Some were sold or given away for adoption, or raised by the men who

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The office of the Non-Governmental Association for the Search for Missing Children after the attack in San Salvador

2013-11-15 04:39:00.0 EPA/Roberto Escobar

The office of the Non-Governmental Association for the Search for Missing Children after the attack in San Salvador